Symbaloo

= Symbaloo - Social Bookmarking Site  =

=**Symbaloo's - Motto - START SIMPLE!**=


 * What is Symbaloo? **

A simple way for students to share and organize what they have found on the internet. [|Symbaloo] - is an icon bookmarking page - which is most commonly used as a personal start page. By setting it as your homepage on your browser, you can start with your online favorites everyday.

You can create your own "web mixes" of your favorite websites - or create them by category. You can conduct a search on Symbaloo to find web mixes that you can add them to your account. When you create a Symbaloo account, there are webmixes already created, such as, major news stories and news highlights from the NYTimes, Washingtonpost, CNN and Wallstreet Journal.
 * Discover pages with the best links about a subject
 * Create your own pages with favorites
 * Share your page with the rest of the world
 * You can share it with just one person, or publish it in the Symbaloo Gallery!



You can create a separate web mix for your different interest areas - games, travel, web tools, etc. To create a webmix, just click the Add a webmix link. Each webmix will have its own tab.

To share your webmix - you click the **Send to friends button**. You can share it by email, Facebook or Twitter!




 * If you choose email - you just key in the recipients email**




 * Other information:**


 * You can edit a webmix or tile.
 * by renaming it
 * Change wall paper to one of Symbaloo's pictures, or upload your own!
 * You can add your own icons to each tile by uploading a picture - from your personal collection or from the Internet.
 * When you update your webmix, be sure to click Update Webmix - otherwise your webmix will not be found or updated.
 * Post the link of your webmix on your blog, facebook, website for others to utilize. If they have an account they can add your web mix to their symbaloo - otherwise they can enjoy your links!
 * Very user friendly social book marking site.
 * You can always stop sharing your web mix. By clicking stop sharing
 * In the search box on Symbaloo, you can choose your search engine - you can search by the Internet, Images, or Maps.
 * Customize, organize and easily access all your favorite websites and feeds from one place.
 * Add search engines, bookmarks, feeds, emails (ex. Gmail), radio channels, etc.
 * Drag and drop interface: Move website blocks around, delete websites by dropping them on the trash bin, etc.
 * Choose custom icon for each website.
 * Tabbed Browsing: Categorize websites into tabs (up to 60 websites / tab).
 * Create as many Tabs as you like.
 * Share your Symbaloo startpage or just one tab with friends.
 * Firefox Button: Add website to your Symbaloo desktop directly from browser toolbar.
 * Embed ‘Add to Symbaloo’ button on your blog or website.
 * Available in 10 languages (English, Portuguese, Deutsch, Espagnol, French, Magyar, Italian, Dutch, Russian and Turkish)

Create an account to get started!

=**Here is an example of a Keyboarding Web mix** I created for my classes. [|Keyboarding Web Mix]=

As you can see I changed my background by uploading a picture of an iMac. You can see the tab of web mixes.